Silicon, Germanium, Tin and Metal-Organic Compounds

Microfluidics/Lab on a Chip Microfluidics, a.k.a. the lab on a chip, is the study of fluids on a micro scale. This is accomplished by printing channels on a material. The chemicals under investigation are pumped through these channels for study. Gelest manufactures the PDMS (polydimethylsiloxanes) used in the manufacture of microfluidic devices. Silicones provide high aspect ratios, good mechanical properties, compatibility with solid state electronics, and are amenable to mass production. Gelest has 2-part RTV (room temperature vulcanization) silicones available for these applications. Gelest Flexible Optical Encapsulant Series are optically clear vinyl-addition systems PP2-OE41 Gelest OETM 41 PP2-OE41.2 Gelest OETM 41.2   Accelerated cure PP2-OE41.4 Gelest OETM 41.4   Extended cure PP2-OE41.6 Gelest OETM 41.6   Low volatility PP2-OE41.7 Gelest OETM 41.7   Low volatility, in solution PP2-OE42 Gelest OETM 42 Gelest Reprographic Silicone Elastomer Series are high strength systems for micro-contact printing PP2-RG01 Gelest RG01 PP2-RG02 Gelest RG02 Additional data for these products can be found in the Brochure, Silicone Coatings, Encapsulants, Gels.